Jun 27, 2025
The tentative deal also includes framework for potential Gull Island development.
The Innu Nation has reached a multi-million dollar agreement in principle with Hydro-Quebec — one the Indigenous group describes as “major step” toward an out-of-court settlement of their lawsuit against the public utility.
“Innu negotiators were able to reach a fair agreement to address the damage this project has done,” said Grand Chief Simon Pokue in a press release.
The Innu Nation sued Hydro-Quebec and the Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation over ecological and cultural damage from the Churchill Falls project.